Marilyn Shrapnel

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It is absolutely essential that we begin to see humans as just another species. We are just part of the environment. If we continue to destroy the environment, we are placing the human species at risk. The disappearance of all our animal species should remind us of our own dependence on a healthy environment, without which humans cannot survive. Stop the rampant tree clearing to give our world a better chance of survival.

Add your voice to our letter calling on our political leaders to take action on Land Clearing!

Dear Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk,

Clearing is out of control again in Queensland. Since laws, policies and enforcement processes weresubstantially weakened in 2012 and 2013, Queensland’s land clearing rates have risen dramatically tolevels not seen for more than a decade.

Clearing has a major impact on native wildlife and threatened species which depend on woodlandsfor habitat. Clearing is also bad for the Great Barrier Reef, waterways, and the climate. State landclearing legislation, planning legislation, enforcement policies and monitoring processes all need tobe strengthened and used to achieve a new level of protection from clearing threats.

In particular we need:

1. Permanent protection for all old-growth native woodlands and forests2. Permanent protection of all other high conservation value native woodlands and forests3. Removal of ‘Self-Assessable Codes’ for land clearing4. Strong monitoring and resourcing for the enforcement of land clearing laws5. Improved mapping for vegetation and a halt to exemptions via property maps6. Establishment of a substantial ecological carbon fund and support for restoration opportunities7. A commitment to prompt, transparent and regular (minimum annual) release of clearing dataand reporting on impacts.

Please commit to taking these actions to help protect our native wildlife and their habitats.

Add your voice to the state-wide movement to move Queensland out of the dirty energy past and into the clean energy future.

We call on the Queensland Government to commit to legislate an ambitious renewable energy target, phase out coal-fired power and invest in large-scale clean energy projects across our state.

Rooftop by rooftop, communities across Queensland are nudging our sunshine state towards a sun-powered future. In fact, Queenslanders are world leaders at harvesting sunshine! But right now, too many people don't have access to clean energy. They are being left behind with dirty old energy that’s damaging our climate and harming our communities.

We know we need to cut pollution and shift to clean energy, fast. To make this happen – and enable everyone, everywhere, to power their lives with clean energy – our government must step up and lead. Together, lets move Queensland out of the dirty energy past and into the clean energy future.

Sign the pledge below and show your support for a Sun-Powered Queensland.

Stand with us in calling on the Palaszczuk government to stop the clearing of koala habitat in Southeast Queensland.

An expert panel report has shown that past efforts to protect the koala, which is Queensland’s official animal emblem, have failed. Up to 80% of the koala population in Southeast Queensland has been lost in just 20 years due to destruction of woodland habitat, traffic issues and domestic dog attacks

The koala now faces the prospect of extinction in the wild in Southeast Queensland.

The State Government needs to take urgent action and immediately:

implement a moratorium on any clearing in south-east Queensland

declare the koala ‘Endangered’ in south-east Queensland

prioritise koala and habitat protection in new planning rules

Send a clear message that more needs to be done urgently to protect our state emblem.